Alexandr Sasha Puryga, 41, of Vaughan, Ontario, vanished after failing to attend a scheduled work meeting in the Township of King on Tuesday, August 13. He did not show up between about 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., which prompted a missing person investigation. Puryga is described as white, five feet nine inches tall, 170 pounds, muscular, with short blond hair and grey eyes.

Police found his white 2012 Mercedes Benz two-door sedan unoccupied near the 7th Concession and 16th Sideroad. The York Regional Police Homicide Unit later took the lead because the circumstances were considered suspicious. Investigators say Puryga worked in building armoured vehicles. A black 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee with dark-tinted windows, black-spoked rims and Ontario plate CXZE382 was seen in the area; that plate was later linked to a business that does not exist. Police say there is nothing directly connecting Puryga to that vehicle yet.

The disappearance remains unresolved and investigators have asked anyone who was near 7th Concession and 16th Sideroad between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on August 13 and saw anything unusual to come forward. Does anyone in the area remember seeing that Jeep or anything unusual that morning?